Left Photo: Judge Glenda Hatchett receives a pin from GSU President Frank Pogue on Monday morning.
Right Photo: Judge Glenda Hatchett interacts with the audience Monday morning at GSU’s Lyceum Series presentation.

GRAMBLING — Grambling State University and its students got their fair share of celebrity sightings Monday morning when Judge Glenda Hatchett, of the television show “Judge Hatchett” made her way to the campus to speak.

Hatchett spoke as part of Grambling’s Lyceum Series, and T.H. Harris Auditorium was packed full of students and area residents waiting to hear a few words of wisdom from the famed TV judge.

“Today I get the honor of ordering a judge around,” GSU President Frank Pogue joked when talking about Hatchett.

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